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Wednesday, January 08, 2003

What that last post was about

From:
Pamela.S.Misener@Dartmouth.EDU
Subject: Swimming and diving


Dear Affiliated Group Officers:
The college has made a decision in reference to the swimming and diving
teams. The following letter is from Stan Colla, Vice Presidetnt of Alumni
Relations.
Thank you,
Maria



Colleagues,

I am writing to advise you that Dartmouth has reached a decision to
continue
its men's and women's swimming and diving programs as full intercollegiate
varsity sports.

In November, Josie Harper, Director of Athletics, and Jim Larimore, Dean of
the College, announced that swimming and diving would be dropped in order
for the Athletics Department to meet its required goal within the overall
Dean of the College budget cuts for next year. This was not a cut that
anyone wanted to make, but in the face of the economic realities facing the
College, Josie recommended a "vertical cut" in order to preserve and
strengthen the rest of the intercollegiate program. It was a tough
decision, but it was also one that the Dean and the President supported.

As you know, members of the swimming and diving teams, their parents, and
interested alumni/ae subsequently voiced their concerns and asked to have
the opportunity to see if they could develop a proposal that would respond
to Dartmouth's needs and allow the swimming and diving programs to
continue.
Such a proposal was developed over the holidays and accepted by the College
this week. The essence of that proposal will be described in a press
release that should be available tomorrow morning on Dartmouth's home page.
Because we are liable to see this story in some of our local newspapers
tomorrow, I wanted to share this announcement with you today.

This is a moment to celebrate the strength and responsiveness of the
Dartmouth family. Please be good enough to share this important news with
your volunteer leadership as soon as you can.

Thank you.

Stan

Posted by alex at 8:45 PM

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